The generic name Aerobacter Beijerinck 1900 is held to be a nomen ambiguum and is placed in the list of rejected generic names by the Judicial Commission.
BeijerinckM. W.1900; Schwefelwasserstoffbildung in den statgraben und Aufstellung der Gattung Aerobacter. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenk. II Abt. 6:193–206
CarpenterK. P. et al.1970; A request to the Judicial Commission that Aerobacter Beijerinck 1900 and Aerobacter Hormaeche and Edwards 1958 be declared rejected generic names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 20:221–224
Editorial Secretary (for the Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology)1971; Minutes of meeting of the Judicial Commission, Mexico City, Mexico. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 21:100–103